Type setting and distributing machine.



W. A. TWININ". TYPE SETTING AND DISTRIBUTING MAGHINE.

APPLIOATXON FILED DEG.14,1907v 1,036,751 Patented Aug. 27, 1912.

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TYPE SETTING AND DISTRIBUTING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED DBC.14,1907.

Patented Au 27, 1912.

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W. A. TWINING.

TYPE SETTING AND DISTRIBUTING MACHINE. APPLICATION PILBD'DEG.14,1907.

Patented Aug. 27, 1912.

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TYPE SETTING AND DISTRIBUTING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED D3014, 1907.

Patented Aug. 27, 1912.

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W. A TWINING.

TYPE SETTING AND DISTRIBUTING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED DEC.14, .1907.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM A. TWINING, 0F GLEVELAND,.0HIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE NATIONALPRINTING MACHINE COMPANY,

OF CLEVELAND, OHIO, A: GORPQRLTION OF OHIO.

TY PE SETTING AND DISTRIBU'BING IAO HIN E. I

Specification of Letters Patent: Patented' Aug. 27, 1912.

Applicationfiled December 14, 1907. Serial rile, 406,465

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM- A. Twin mo,

a citizen of the United States, resident of Cleveland, county of-Cuyahoga, and State have invented anew and useful Improvement in Type-Settin'g Distrib specification,

ments in printing. mechanism andlto a type setting and distributingdevice for use in conjunction therewith; In its general aspects suchinvention ismore orflessclosely related to the subject-matter of two.copending applications Serial No. 390,020,

filed August 24-, 1907, andSerial No. 403,658.

filed November 25,. 1907. Among, such general aspectsmay be "enumeratedfirstly, the adaptability of the printing. machine for office use aud toprint in. imitation? of typewriting where, as in the use named, thematter of alinement and justification is but of. secondary importance;and, secondly, the employment of key-board mechanism in setting up thetype in and distributing the type from the printing member. The firstaspect or characteristic above namedis commercially known as "t e;multigraph; while the second, in the'particular embodiment illustratedin the two applications rerred to, as well as her/em, is unique.

.with a relatively fixed discharge point. In

the first of the two applications above named, the printing memberconsists specifically of a rotary drum provided with a E plurality of. tpe receiving sockets respectively adapte to receive individual type, andthe type case consists specifically of a double set of. superimposed;cells adapted. to hold the'type assorted as to characters,'andthemselves interchangeable in position.

In the machine of; such-application the. keyboard mechanis n. is adaptedto shiftthecase to place the desired'stype ,cel1 .;iii" aliiienientshared: with a machine now largel employed and lwiththe. discharge pointand then either to anemone a type from such cell and insert the gsame111- asocket of the drum, or else, rclv-er-slng its. action, to withdrawa type from ithe latter and restore it to the type case. l-The secondtype of machine, illustrated in gthe second application above referredto,.is ispecifically an adaptation of my invention gtothe'setting up anddistributing of type in. ;connection with a printing member of the Esortemployed in the multigraph, wherein lthe type are held in undercut orrecessed igrooves into which the type are adapted to be insertedlaterally and-then shoved along ito their proper positionslongitudinally of such groove. In such second form of the in- I iventionI have retained the cylindrical or Edrum shaped type-holding andprinting imembers that characterize the multigraph, gnot because theyare necessarily the most ;convenient or advantageous, even wheremyinvention is not employed in conjunction it-herew-ith, but because asstated it was de- Esired. to illustrate-the adaptation of the invention.to the specific machine named.v

i In the present instance I desire to illusgtrate the employment of theinvention in iconjunction. with a flat printing member in fcontradjgtinction. lshapedfi'iiember of the-two previous devices, iinvwhich. however, the type are held in the 'zsa'me manner as 'in. themultigraph, viz. in Zundercut grooves. Not only does a printing ueinber.or form of this sort present certain aadfvantages over a rotary drum, aswill be ireadily apparent to those skilled in the art 30f printing, butinthe corresponding modiification of the type-holding member or case,required to adapt the same for use with such gfiat printing member, anumber of advantages are secured not only in the more comipactc formattainable, but also in the simpler connections possible between suchcase and the key-board mechanism whereby the case is shifted in themanner above described.

The eneral relation, asfiyg ell as the obj'ects, 0% the presentinventioifli'aving been thus set forth, the means entering. into suchinvention: will now be takennp, such means being hereinafter fullydescribed and par- ?ticularly pointed out in. the claims.

The annexed drawings and tlie following to the rotatable drumdescription set forth in detailcertain mecha nism. embodyingtheinvention, such 3 means constituting, however, but on of variousmechanical forms in which the principle of the invention may be used.

In said annexed drawings: Figure 1 represents my invention in;-.planview, a portion, however, of the printing member, as also parts of amajority of the kev levers being broken away, Fig..-2 is a si eelevation'of the invention, a portion of the casing being broken away'inorder to reveal the construction of the mechanism'proper; Fig. 3 is afront elevation, a portion of the casing being again broken away and thekey-board mechanism being substantially entirely removed in order toavoid confusion in the illustration of the remaining mechanism; Fig. 4is a perspective view of one member of the ty e case constituting aprime feature of t e present invention; Fig. 5 is a perspective-view ofanother member of such case constituting specifically the outer supporting portion thereof; Fig. 6 is a view, on a larger scale,,of thedevice for positioning.

the printing member, the plan of such view being indicated by thel1ne.66, Fig. 3; and Fig. 7 is a similarenlarged view of severalelements entering into the construction of the type-transferring device,such elements being shown as dlsassembled.

JHaving reference, then, to Figs. 1, 2 and 3, first of all, attentionwill be directed to theconstruction and manner of mounting derstood.Such printing member, or form A is slidably mounted on guides b in thegeneral supporting frame B of the machine,

F igx3, thedirection of movement in the frame being transverse to thetype holding grooves aforesaid. Printin member A is furthermore entirelyremova le from guides 11 when so desired, from which construction itwill be apparent that when one form has been set up another may beinserted in its place if desired, the printing operation in" eitherevent being performed in a separate I machine. The latter is not hereillustrated,

inasmuch as it forms no part of the present invention. It iscontemplated that by a,

pro er construction of the grooves so as to hol the type with sufficienttightness to inviding means for locking such type securely in thegrooves, the form in question may be adapte fit in mind. When theprinting-mem er A for .use in regular printing opera-. tions as well asm the oflice printin r outthe type holding grooves a thereon aredesigned to be in a plane with the point from which type are discharged,or transferred, from the type-case to be described later. Owing to thenecessity of a support, such as that afiorded by frame B, at each sideof the printing-member as well as of the type-case, it is not convenientto have the lateral ed es of the two members in question contact. .0sustain the type, while in transit across the intervening space, thereis provided on the intermediate frame portion an extension b, Figs. 1and 3, provided with a groove with which the respective grooves of thetype caseand printing member may be brought into register. So far as thelatter is concerned, the alining of successive grooves thereon with thegroove in extension 6', thus marging the dllscharge point, is had by sily a vancing tie member ste by ste BI dii g guides b. To this end ashift A mounted in machine frame B, directly below member A andtransversely of the same, and two pinions a, mounted near the respectiveends of such shaft, are adapted to engage with racks a" on the undersideof the member. Intermittent rotative movement of shaft A is-derived froma key-lever A oscillatorily mountedon an axis a and connected with theshaft b means of a pawl and ratchet device. T e latter, tgether A with astop; or locking mechanism, operating in conjunctiomtherewith, is shownin 6. Referring to this figure ac-- detail in Fig; cordingly, t e upperend a of lever A will vbe seen to have a cam-engagement with a pinalaterally projecting from a lunger a; In the normal position of theeyer, a compression spring a is adapted to raise the plunger into enagem'ent with the adjacent rack a on the bottom of printing member A,such plunger being mounted in the arms of a bracket 6", Fig. 3. Forwardmovement of lever-end a, however, such movement occurring upondepression ofthe lever, is

effective to retract plunger a and leave the member free to move. Atoothed dog,"or pawl, a pivotally mounted u on the lever end, andadapted to be! raise by a tension spring a, is adapted to engage aratbhet 15 wheel a upon shaft A immediately after the member A is thusreleased, such dog being retained out of engagement with the ratchetwheel in the normal position of the lever by engagement with a pin a. ip

, The construction of the type-case C'irom which type are designed to befed to the oprinting member just described, and thence sure theiraccurate alinement, and by proreceived again, Wlll next be noticed. Thislease is mounted so as to be'movable in the general frame B of themachine in the same direction as the printing member A; but, inasmuch asmovement of the type-case will obviously be more frequent, race-ways band balls 6 are provided so, as. to provide luill-bcarilws as a means ofso )ortiu the l P i case in the frame and render-such niovement asnearly frictionless as possible. The casocomprises essentiallv tw omembers t". C as illustrated respectively in land Of these the outermostsupporting member C as it has been termed before. is in ett'ect arectangular box provided at its respective inner corners with verticallyalined guides c that receive corresponding tongues c, on the outercorners of the inner member C, or type case proper. The latter will thusbe seen to be susceptible of two movements, one, in common with the caseas a whole, ina direction parallel with that of the printing member, ortransverse of the grooves a in the latter, and another movement in aplane vertical with respect'tothe plane of the first movement. T hemechanism for securing-these several movementswill be notedmoreparticularly presently. Adverting, then, to. the construction of thetype-case C proper, the latter will be seen to consist,

.in the printingrnember alined Fig. ,4, of a frame in the form of achannel, consisting in other words of simply abo-ttom c and two sides 0,the ends being open. Projecting inwardly from the sides of such frameare three pairs of vertically spaced trays, the members r of each pairbeing in the same pl he and separated from each other by an openingalined with the corresponding opening between the two remaining pairs.The distance between the superposed trays is such as to permit freelateral movement thereof with respect to the feed bar D of the transfermechanism to be described later, just.. as the openings between themembers of each pair are adapted to permit free vertical movement of thecase as a whole with respect to such bar when such openings are alinedwith the latter. 'lheconstruction of each of the trays which constitutethe type holding elements, proper, of the 'case renders the same ineffect a replica of'the printing-member which has already beendescribed. In other words,

each tray is provided with a plurality of parallel type-receivinggrooves, or ways 0 exactly similar to those in such printingmember, andadapted by virtue of the two movements of the type-case to be broughtinto alinement with the groove in extension 7) and thus with anypredetermined groove a of the printing member or form.

It has-been explained above how, in order to bring a selectedtype-groove 0 in one of the lower shelves c of the i'nnertype case G#into alinement with the type-groove a with the discharge point, it isnecessary that the feed rack that operates in conjunction with thetype'case should be adapted toenter both between the respective pairs ofshelves or trays, and bet-ween the superposed trays 1H order to engagethe type in such particular 4 of'the printing member.

E movement of translation in the horizontal plane that'positions theparticular groove. thus selected, in alinement with the groove The means\vhereby this vertical movement is etlected will now be described, suchmeans being inde pendent of the keyboard mechanism whereby the finalselecting of the type groove is had.

Mounted laterally of the outer supporting member of the type-case is arock-shaft supported in suitable brackets 1:, Figs. 2, 3, and 5.Connected with this shaft at each end is a lever arm 0 which extends inwardly to approximately the center of the type case, the inner ends ofeach lever being connected with the inner ends of two oppositelydisposed levers c mounted on the inside of the case wall and bearingsegmental gears 0 at their outer ends that mesh with vertical racks aattached to the correspond-- ing corners of the inner type-case C. Lnnection between levers a and these segmental gear levers c is'had bymeans of pins 0 in the ends of the former extending through slots 0 inthe case wall. A torsional spring 0 mounted upon the shaft 0 and havingits opposite ends fixedly secured in a collar on such shaft and theadjacent bracket is adapted to almost bid not quite sustain the weightof the inner case so that the latter will be seen to be praticallybalanced; a very slight force will accordingly suffice to elevate thesame, when such movement becomes necessary in order to render availableeither of the lower pairs of trays or shelves. This elevation "is had bymeans of two keys 0 0 the. first of which is mounted on the inner end oflever 0 and is adapted to depress the. latter its full range so as toraise the lowermost pair of trays of the inner type case onto theoperative. level. The second key c is mounted on anindependent lever 0"having its range of movement limited by a step 0 Fig. 3, and v isadapted by virtue of connection of such lever with the inner end of thelever 0 just referred to, to depress the latter a sufficient amount toraise the second or intermediate pair of trays of the inner type-caseonto the operative level. A spring actuated. catch a, Figs. 2 and 3,formed with two inwardly projecting teethis adapted to engage the levera? to hold thesame in. either of the two positions justmentioned. Uponwithdrawing catch 0 the leveraand with itthe case, return again to theirnormal positions in which the upper pair-of trays are on the operativelevel. It will he understood that ordinarily the uppertravs'will beutilized for the characters most frequently emwould beheld the capitals'and on the lowermost pair figures, the punctuation marks and othermiscellaneous characters, requiring to be used the least frequently. Itwill be understood, of course, that various dis-- positions of the fontof type may be made according to the particular use for which any modelof the machine may be designed.

In view of the construction of inner typecase C, the case as a wholerequires to be normally positioned so as tolocate the vertically-alinedspaces between the respective members of each Ipair of trays 0 directlyplungers are turned upwardly so as to be.

engaged, upon appropriate movement of the type-case by correspondinglugs 0 extending downwardly from its under side. r

It has already been indicated that ke board mechanism is emplo ed toshift't e' type case as a whole in or er to bring any selected type rowoftheipair of trays to lying in the operative plane into alinement withthe dischar e point in order to permit the transfer of ype from such rowto the alined groove the printing member, or vice versa', ThlS key-boardmechanism 18 preferably mounted ina forward extension of that portion ofthe frame B wherein is supported the type case. Such mechanism comprisesa plurality of levers E oscillatorily mounted upon a transverse shaft Eand provided at'.their forward. extremities with keys e of the usualconstruction'. Parallel with the shaftE upon which the key levers arethus mounted, and substantially directly below the transfer mechanism D,is mounted a shaft E provided with a plurality of segmental gears e ofwhich a portion project in a general forward direction and the remainderin a general rearward direction. The rear ends of the key levers arelikewise formed into segmental gears 6 respectively adapted to mesh withgears 0 thus mounted upon the shaft, those gears that mesh with therearwardly extending gears .on the shaft facing obv ously in an oppositedirection from those meshing with the forwardly extending gears.Normally the gears e borne by the key-levers do not mesh with those a onthe shaft E their arcs bein parts of circles properly tangent but not temselves touching; a very slight movement of any gear '6 however,suffices to engage the corres ondin gear e while the sha is left erectly cc to rotate so far as the other 7 arsare concerned. Actumember Cof the t pe case.

ation of the key levers E will accordingly Such various rotation of theshaft is translated into corresponding reciprocable' movement of'the tpe-case C either forwardly or rearwardly fi'om its normal position bymeans of a larger se mental gear 6 mounted upon one end 0 shaft E (theleft in Figs. and 3) and meshing with a rack C on the underside of theouter supporting Having once determined which tier of trays a is to beem loyed by depressing the proper key, eit er a 'or a, on the front ofthe type case,

depression of the proper key of the keyboardi mechanism just describedwill suflice to bring the corresponding type row of such tier intooperative position with respect to the type discharge point and transfermechanism D as will be obvious. Upon the release of the key, however,the type. case is again restored to its normal position so far asmovementin a horizontal plane is concerned, but not as to the tier beingoperated upon, the particular tier selected remaining in the operativeplane as has been explalned until another one is chosen.

I In view of the necessity of securing an accurate alinement of th, typerows of the selected tienflof trays with the way of the printing drumwhereon a line of type is bemg composed, it is necessary that thetypecase 'be more accurately positioned or centered than is possible bythe actuating means described. There is accordingly provided, adjacentto the rack C wherewith'segmcntal gear a engages, a second rack C, Figs.2 and 3, with triangular or saw teeth a supported adjacent to the innerface of gear 6",

Figs. 2 and 3, and so disposed with respect to a spring-pressedvertically reciprocable plunger e. that when the latter engages anyparticular notch therein, a corresponding way or groove of the type-casewill be in exact alinement with the type discharge point. Spring-pressedplunger e, thus adapted to registerwith the notches of'rack C in orderto stop the movement of the type-case and accurately center the same, isnormally held out of engagement with such rack by a lever E drawn downby a spring e, and engagin a lug e projecting later ally from said punger, as shown in Fig. 2.

This lever forms .a part of a universal bar E constructed as usual inthe form of a frame, the side members 6 of which lie within therespective sides of the machine frame and are pivotally mounted on thesame shaft E as the key levers. The universal bar a, proper, liestransversely of the machine directl below the forward ends of the keylevers so that. depression of the universal bar is a second operationresulting from the striking of anykey. One effect of such operation, ithas already been soon,

will be-to permit the plunger to engage the rack and center thetype-case and lock the same against further movement.

Disposed transversely of the machine and adjacent to the lever thuscontrolling spring pressed plunger e is a short rock shaft 6 providedwith a lever extending inwardly and likewise adapted to be actuated bythe universal bar just described through a link connection 0 had withlever Upon the other end of such rock shaft is mounted an upwardlyextending arm 6, the upper extremity of which is forked and loosely enthe notch in the rack G which it is desired to have engaged by theplunger 6, has passed the latter; the plunger, being released a momentlater, will enter the selected notch and center the type-case eventhough it may have passed a short distance beyond its proper stoppingpoint.

For the reason that more or less momen tum is acquired by the type-casein its toand-fro movement, (although this momentum is considerably lessthan where a rotatable. drum is employed owing to the maximum range ofmovement being shorter), I have deemed it advisable to provide otherheavier stop means supplementary to the rack C and spring-pressedplunger (2*. the primary function of these latter elements being tocenter the type-case. Such supplementary stop means comprise simply aplurality of vertical plungers reciprocably held in sleeves or bushings7r mounted in the frame plate 7) beneath the. type-case. There will beone such plunger for each key lever E, and the position of the plungertransversel) of the frame will be chosen so as to bring its lower end inloose contact with the rearward extending portion of such key, a springb serving both to maintain the plunger in its lower position and the keya of the lever in its normal elevated position. Only several of theseplungers are illustrated, Figs. 2 and 3, in order to avoid confusion. onthe under side of the outer member (.7 of the type-case C are aplurality of studs ctransversely distributed so as to be respectivelyalined with such plungers 7) and engage therewithwhen raised by thedepression of the corresponding key lever E. The position of each stud 0longitudinally of the. case is so chosen that the engagement withplunger 6 will take. place. coincidently with the selected type row'infthecase being brought into alinement' with the discharge point. Bysuch engagement, it will accordingly be seen, the type case is broughtpractically to a standstill before the centering device is called intooperation at all, thus relieving the latter of considerable strain.

For effecting the transfer of the type, either from the type-case to theprinting member, or vice versa, when a groove of the one is alined with.a groove of the other, any desired form of transfer mechanism may beemployed. The mechanism D illustrated in the drawings, Figs. 1, 3,and'T, comprises essentially two alined feed racks or bars D, Ddisposed directly above the groove in extension 5' that bridges thespace between the type-case and printing member and extending. thenceover said case and member, respectively. These racks are provided attheir respective ends with slots (Z surrounding pins (1 carried on theframe of themachine, the confm'mation of the slots being such that wheneither rack is given an inward longitudinal movement it will be loweredand then advanced horizontally.

ment of teeth r1 on the under side of the rack with a chaser I? one ofwhich is slidably carried in each of the channels or ways of thetype-case, and temporarily in the operatively alined channel of theprinting member. 0 eration of either feed bar is designed to e ectasufficient movement of the particular chaser engaged to advance the lineof type, against which it presses. one type space, or, in other words,to move the type at the inner end of the channel or. groove of themember thus affected into the groove in the extension 7) and thusultimately into the alined groove of the other member.

To actuate the respective racks D D either to set up type vor distributetype, as the case may be, a rock-arm (1 borne by the inner end of ahorizontal rock-shaft l) is provided. The upper end of such arm carriesa pin (1 that engages horizontal slots (7 in the inner overlapping endsof the racks. These slots are of sufficient length to permit inwardmovement of either rack thereby without interfering with the other rack,springs (Z serving normally to retain are also, of sufficient width topermit the bars the vertical movement incident to their longitudinalreciprocation. Rock shaft D is mounted in the machine frame B andprojects some distance forwardly therefrom, Fig. 2. This forward end isadditionally supported in a standard 6 and bears a cross-arm (Z that isadapted to optionally. have its respective ends connected both bars intheir outer positions. Slots (1 The effect of this movement is theengagewith the correspondin side member of the universal-bar frame 5 bya link d. To facilitate the changing of this connection the upper end ofthe link is provided with a spring actuated pin d bearing a knob d atits outer extremity, such pin being adapt-' ed to engage either of twoapertures al one in each end of the cross-arm. Depending upon the endwith which connection is thus had, depression of the universal bar, suchas occurs as a second result of the depression of any key-lever E, willeffect operation of the transfer mechanism either to compose type uponprinting member A or to distribute it to case 0. Inasmuch as the way orways of the type supply case appropriated to blank'typefor spacing canonly be brought into alinement with the discharge point and transfermechanism by transverse movement of the case as a whole,

the space bar e corresponds in its manemploy the following expedient: Araceway F for ballsf is provided on the inner side of the front casing72 inclosing the key-board mechanism and immediatelv below the lowermostseries of keys. Such race-wav is of course intersected by the slits oropenings in which the keys move. so that, in eflect. a series ofinclosed brackets are provided for the retention of the balls. The sizeand number of the latter are {raged so as to leave a space between theends of the race-way and the balls, when crowded together. justsufiicicnt to nermit the passa e of a single key lever. Those leversthatlie in a plane higher than the others are pro vided with adownwardly projecting big e of the same thickness as the levers themselves, and the levers, or such lugs, as the case ma be, are adapted toenter the corresponding slits in the race-way immediately upondepression of the lever being attempted. Such depression will obviouslybe possible for but one lever at a time, inasmuch as the depression ofany" ne lug crowding the balls together in the race-way will effectivelyblock the passage. of another lever across such race-way.

The general operation of the machine a should be fairly apparent fromthe foregoing description of the construction of its component parts"and the individual oper ation of the same. Assuming, then, a priptingmember, or" form, to be properly: in-

..type thereto from the type-case across the the corresponding key ofthe keyboard serted in the uides therefore rovided in the right b51115side of the .mac ine frame, any desired groove .01 way thereon can bebrought into alinement with the transfer mechanism so as to permit thetransfer of 7 groove in the extension that bridges the interveningspacebetween such member and type-case. Having thus positioned the printingmember, the setting up of a line of type is begun by first bringing theproper tier of type holding trays in the type case into the operativelevel, or, in other words,

into the same plane as the printing member and such extension. This isdone by the depression of one or the other of the keys 0 0 in front ofthe type case, unless, indeed, it isdesired to utilize the type held inthe upper of such tiers, in which event 'no vertical adjustment of thetype case at all is necessary. Selection of the desired type from amongthose held in the several grooves or ways of the particular tier thusoperatively positioned is effected by depressing mechanism. Suchoperation is at the same time effective to lock the type-case in properposition and to discharge the type from the type-case into the grooveonto the extension intermediate between the case and the printingmember. Successive type are thus transferred from the type case to theprinting member until the line first brought into position .has beenfilled. The printing member is thereupon advanced to bring the next lineinto position by means of lever A, and the operation thus continueduntil the form is completely set up. When it is desired to reverse theoperation and distribute the type from the form to the tyne-case, theoperation so far as'the key-board mechanism is concerned is the same,the connection of the universal bar with the transfer mechanism beingmerely reversed so as to cause a withdrawal of the type from the memberinstead of feeding of the type thereto. The key-board mechanism nowserves to select the proper type row for the reception of the type, justas before it served toselect the same preliminarily to the disbeobviously obtained.

It should be stated that both in the specifi- 126 cation and in theclaims the term printing member is employed in a broad signification, itbeing intended to thereby designate the member whereon the type areassembled or composed. irrespeptive of whether such B8 thnsmove saidmember to m invention insane-i member is used directly in the printingoperation as would be the case in the illustrated machine described orwhether said member be utilized merely to receive the type pending;

thereupon transferred to the chase or other type holder proper of aprinting press of the ordinary kind. The term in question willaccordingly be seen to comprehend such modifications in the constructionof the member as will facilitate its use in the letter comiection.

Other modes of applyingthe principle of may be employed instead-of theone explained, change being made as regards the mechanism hereindisclosed, provided the means stated by any of the following claims orthe equivalent of such stated means be employed.

I therefore particularly point out and distinctly. claim as myinvention 1. The combination with a type-case provided with waysrespectively adapted to hold type assorted as to characters, of keyboardmechanism adapted to move said typease rectilineally to bring a selectedchar-ac ter into alinement with a relatively fixed discharge point, 7

2-. The combination of a type-case provided with ways respectivelyadapted to hold ty-pe assorted as to characters. means normallypositioning said typccase, and key-board mechanism adapted to move saidmember rectilineally from its normal position to bring a selectedcharacter into alinement with a relatively fixed discharge point.

3. In mechanism of type-case comprising a plurality of superpos d pairsof horizontally extending trays p 'ovidcd with parallel ways adapted tocarry rows of type, said pairs of trays being verticaliyspaccd from eachother and the trays of respective pairs being laterally separated byvertically aligned spaces, said type-case being movable in a verticaldirection to bring any one of said pairs of trays into a plane with arelatively fixed discharge point and in a direction transverse to suchways to bring a selected way in the member thus positioned intoalineinent with such discharge point.

'4. The combination with a flat member provided with parallel waysadapted to carry rows of ty e and movable in a direction angular witrespect tos 'sl ways, of key-board mechanism adapted to thus move saidmember to bring a selected way into alinement with a relatively fixeddischarge point.

5. The combination with a flat member provided with parallel waysadapted to carry rows of type and movable in a direction at right angleswith respect to said ways, of key-board mechanism adapted to bring aselected composition. the latter being,

the class described, a

way intovalinemen't with a relatively fixed discharge point.

8. The 'bombinatioii of a type-case comprising a plurality of flatmembers spaced from each other in the direction of their fiat faces andprovided with parallel ways adapted to carry rows of type, means adaptedto position said typecasc in the direction 'of such spacing tobring anyone of said members into a plane with a relatively fixed 5 dischargepoint, and key-board mechanism adapted to move said .case in a directiontransverse to said ways to bring a selected way in the member thuspositioned into alinementwith such discharge point. i 7. The combinationof a type-case comprising a plurality of superposed'horizontallyextending trays vertically spaced from each other and provided withparallel ways adapted to carry rows of type, means edto verticallyposition said type-case to bringany one of said trays into a plane witha relatively fixed discharge point and keyboard mechanism adapted tomove said case in a direction transverse to said ways to bring aselected way in the traydahus positioned into alinement with suchdischarge point.

S.The combination of a typo-case comprising a plurality ot'v superposedpairs of 5 horizontally extending trays provided with parallel waysadapted to carry rows of type, said pairs of trays being verticallyspaced from each other and the members of the respective pairs beinglaterally separated by vertically alincd spaces, means adapted tovertically position said type-case to bring any one of said pairs oftrays into a plane with a relatively fixed discharge point, andkcy-board mechanism adapted to case in a direction at right angles tosaid ways to bring a selected way in the tray thus positioned intoalinemcnt with such discharge point.

9. The combination of a type-case com- 1 0 each adapted to hold rows oftype assorted as to characters, means adapted to discharge any desiredtype from said case when properly positioned with refposed of elementserence thereto. and means adapted to move said type-case in angularlyrelated directions to thus position selected type, and

thereupon to actuate said discharge means. 10. The combination of atype-case comprising. a plurality of synnnetrically dis- 1'20 posedelements adapted to carry rows of type. means adapted to discharge typefrom any one of aid elements when properly po-. sitioned with referencethereto. and independent means respectively move said type-case inangularly related directions to thus position a selected typecarryingelement. and thereupon to actuate said discharge means.

11. The combination of a type-case comadapt- 3 move said 05 adapted toprising a plurality of elements adapted to carry type, said elementsbeing alined in such series with respect to said type-discharge meansand thereupon to actuate the latter.

12. The combination of a type-case comprising a plurality of elementsadapted to carry type, said elements being allned in two rectangularlyrelated directions, means adapted to discharge type fromtany'one of saidelements when properly positioned with reference thereto, means adaptedto move said type-case in one such direction to bring an alined seriesof elements into the operative plane with respect to said type-dischargemeans, and key-board mechanism adapted to move said type-case in theother direction to thus'properly position a selected element of suchseries with respect to said type-dischargc means and thereupon toactuate the latter.

The combination of a type-case composing a plurality of flat membersspaced from each other in the direction of their Hat faces and providedwith parallel ways adapted to carry rows of type, means adaptcd todischarge type from any one of said ways when properly positioned withrespect thereto, means adapted to move said typecase in the direction ofsuch spacing to bring any one of said members into the operative planewith respectto said type-discharge means, and key-board mechanismadapted to move said type-case in a direction transverse to such ways tobring a selected way of the member thus positioned into proper positionwith said type discharge means, and thereupon to actuate the latter.

14. The combination of a type-case comprising a plurality of superposedhorizontally extending trays vertically spaced from each other andprovided with parallel Ways adapted to carry rows of type, alongitudinally reciprocable "member parallel with such ways and adaptedto discharge type from any one of the same when positioned adjacent tosaid member, means adapted to move said type case in a verticaldirection to bring any one of said trays into the operativc plane withrespect to said member, and key-b0: rd mechanism adapted to move saidtypecase in a direction transverse with resiect. to such ways to bring aselected way oi the tray thus positioned adjacent to said member, andthereupon to actuate the latter.

each pair being respectively adapted to ac-.

commodate said bar, means adapted to move said type-case in a verticaldirection to bring any one'of said trays into the'operative plane withrespect to said bar, and key-board mechanism adapted to move saidtype-case in a direction transverse with respect to'such ways to bring aselected way of the tra thus positioned adjacent to said bar, andtlereupon to actuate the latter.

16. In mechanism of the class described, a type-case comprising asupporting member and a type-holding member made up of a plurality oftrays spaced from each other in the direction of their fiat faces andprovided with parallel ways adapted to carry rows of type, saidtype-holding member being movable on said supporting member in thedirection of suchspacing to bring any one of said trays into a planewith a relatively fixed discharge point, and said supporting memberbeing movable in a direction transverse to such ways to bring a Way inthe tray thus positioned into alinement with such dischargepoint.

17. In mechanism of the class described, a type-case comprising amovable supporting member, a type-holding member movably mounted uponsaid supporting member, counter-balancing means for said typeholdingmember, and means adapted to ie cure the latter in various elevatedpositions with respect to said supporting member.

18. In mechanism of the class described, a type-caseeomprising a movablesupporting member, a type-holding member movv ably mounted upon saidsupporting member, resilient means tending to counterbalance saidtypehol'ding member, and means adapted to secure the latter in variouselevated positions with respect to said supporting member. a

19. In mechanism of tl1e class described, a type-case comprising anouter movable sup orting caseprovided with vertical i es, an innertype-holding case mounted tween said guides, and means mounted onsaid-outer case and engaging the respective corners of said inner casefor elevating the latter with respect to the former.

20. In mechanism of the class described, a type-case comprising an outermovable supporting case provided with vertical guides, an innertype-holding case mounted between said guides. means mounted on said.outer case and engaging the respective can ucrs of said inner case forelevating the latier with respect to the :i'ormer. and a catchcooperative with said means to secure said inner case in variouselevated positions.

21. In mechanism of the class described, a type-case comprising an outermovable supporting case provided with vertical guides, an innertype-holding case mounted between said guides, means mounted on saidouter case and engaging the. respective cermm of said inner case forelevating the lat ter with respect to the former, resilient meanscooperative with said elevating means "and tending to counterbalancesaid inner case, and a catch also cooperative with said elevating meansand adapted to secure said inner case in various elevated positions.

22. In mechanism of the class described, a type-case comprising an outersupporting case provided with vertical guides, an inner type-holdingcase mounted between said guides and provided with vertical racks neareach corner, segmental gears mounted upon said outer case and engagingsaid racks, respective y, and a lever adapted to simultaneously actuatesaid gears to elevate said inner case. I v 23. lnnicchanism of the classdescribed, a typc-case comprising an outer supporting case provided withvertical guides, an inner "type-holding case mounted between said guidesand provided with vertical racks near each corner, segmental gearsmounted upon said outer case and engaging said racks, respective y, andtwo lovers respectively adapted to simultaneously actuate said gears toelevate said inner case to ditlerent heights.

24. In mechanism of the class described, a type-case comprising an outersupporting case provided with vertical guides, an inner type-holdingcase n'iountcd between said guides and provided with vertical racks neareach cornensegmental gears n'iounted upon said outer case and engagingsaid racks, respectively, two levers respectively adapted tosin'iultan'eously actuate said gear to elevate said inner case todifferent l' eights, and catch adapted to engage such elevatingmechanism to retain said inner case at each of such heights.

25, in mechanism of the class described, a ty case comprising an outersupporting case provid *d with verticalguidcs, an inner type-holdingcase mounted between said guides and provided with a pair of opposedvertical racks on each of two opposite sides, said racks being locatednear the corners of said case, corresponding pairs of segmental gearsmounted upon the sides of said outer case and engaging said racis s,rock shaft moan"? upon said outer casetransversely levers connectingpairs of gears, respectively, with said shaft, one of saidlevers-serving as an actuating lever. whei by said inner case may bev clrated to dintrentheights.

as. .ln mechanism of the classdescribe-l, a types; :e compris g an outersupporting ease provided with vertical guides, an inner type-holdingcase mounted between guides and provided with a pair of opposed bu u.

-vertical racks on each of two opposite sides,

vmore limited movement, whereby said inner case may be elevated to aless height.

27. In mechanism of the class described, atype-case comprising an outersupporting case provided with vertical guides, an inner type-holdingcase mounted between said guides and provided with a pair of opposedvertical racks on each of two opposite sides, said racks being locatednear the corners of said case, corresponding pairs of segmental gearsmounted upon the sides of said outer case and engaging said racks, arock shaft mounted upon said out'er case transversely of said gears,levers connecting said pairs of gears, respectively, with said shaft,one of said levers serving as an actuating lever whereby said inner casemay be elevated to a maximum-height, another lever connected withaforesaid lever buthaving a more limited movement, whereby said innercase may be elevated to a less height, and a catch adapted to variouslyengage aforesaid lever to sustain said inner case at each such height. i

In mechanism of the class described, a tyne case comprising an outersupporting case provided with vertical guides, an inner type-, holdingcase mounted between said guides and provided with a pair of opposedvertical racks on each of two opposite sides, said racks being locatednear the corners of said case, corresponding pairs of segmental gearsmounted upon the sides of said outer case and engaging said racks, arock shaft mounted upon said outer case transverse-iv of said gears,levers connecting said pairs of gears, respectively, with said shaft,one of said levers serving as an actuating lever whereby said inner casemay be elevated to a maximum height, another lever connected withaforesaid lever but having a more limited movement, whereby said innercase may elevated to. a less height, a catch adapted e to variouslyengage aforesaid lever to sus rain said inner casc iiteach such height,and a torsion syring mounted upon said. shaft and adapted tocounterbalance sarl inner ."lhc combination with a typo-case(Ullllll'lniilll a siuniorting memlusr a typeholdiup member made up oisiu'ierposed trays vertically spacfl from each other and provided withparallel ways adapted to carry rows of type, said typeholding me1nherbeing vertically movable in said sup" porting member to bring any one ofsaid trays into a plane with a relatively fixed dis charge point, andsaid supporting member being movable in adirection transverse to suchways to bring any way in the tray thus positioned into alinementwithsuch point; means borne by said supporting member adapted to secure saidtype-holding men'lber in each position thereof; and key board mechanismadapted to move said supporting member to bring a selected. way intoalinement with such discharge point.

30, The combination with a type case comprising a supporting member, atype holding member made up of superposed trays vertically spaced fromeach other and provided with parallel ways adapted to carry rows oftype, said type-holding member being vertically movable in saidsupporting member to bring any one of said trays into a plane with arelatively fixed discharge point, and said supporting member beingmovable in a direction transverse to such ways to bring any way in thetray thus positioned into aliuement with such point; means borne by saidsupporting member adapted to secure said type-holding member in eachposition thereof; means normally positioning said supporting member; audkey-board mechanism adapted to move said supporting member from itsuormal position to bring a selected way into alinement with suchdiscl'large point.

The combination with a type-case comprising a supporting member, atypeholding member made up of superposed trays vertically spaced fromeach other and provided with parallel ways-adzpted to carry rows oftype, said type-holding member bcing vertically movable in saidsupporting member to bring any one of said trays into a plane with arelatively fixed discharge point, and said supporting memher beingmovable in a direction transverse to such ways to bring any way in thetray thus positioned int-o alinement with such point; means borne bysaid supporting member adapted to secure saidJype-holding member in eachposition thereof; means normally positioning said supporting member;hey-board mechanism adapted to move said supporting member from itsnormal position to bring a selected way into alinement with suchdischarge point: and a centering device adapted to hold said memberagainst movement when thus positioned.

The combination with a type-case comprising a supporting lllQlllbOl, aty holding n'1embcr-madc up of superposed trays vertically spaced fromeach other and provided with parallel \vays udapteddo carry rows oftype, said type-holding niem her being vertically movable in saidsupporting member to bring any one of said trays into a plane with arelatively fixed ber being movable in a direction transverse to suchways to bring any Way in the tray thus positioned into alinement withsuch point; means borne by said supporting member adapted to secure saidtype-holding zuen'iber in each position thereof: means normallypositioning said supporting member; key-board mechanism adapted to movesaid supporting member from its normal posit-ion to bring a selected wayinto alinement with such discharge point; and a ch'itch adapted tocontrol the connection of said mechanism with sa'id'membcr, saidmechanism including a universal bar adapted to break such connection.

The combination with a t vpecase comprising a supporting member. atypeholding member made up of superposed trays vertically spaced fromeach other and provided with parallel ways adapted to carry rows oftype, said type-holding member being vertically movable in saidsupporting member to bring any one wof said trays into a plane with arelatively fixed discharge point, and said supporting member beingmovable in a direction transverse to such ways to bring any way in thetray thus positioned into alinement with such point; means borne by saidsupporting member adapted to secure said type-holding member in eachposition thereof; means nor mally positioning said supporting member:keyboard mechanism adapted to move said supporting member from itsnormal posit-ion to bring a selected way into alinemcnt with suchdischarge point; a clutch adapted to control the connection of saidmcchanis with said member; and a centering device adapted to hold saidmember against movement when a way is positioned as aforesaid, saidmechanism including a universal bar adapted to actuate said clutch tobreak such connection and thereupon to render said centeringdevice'efi'ective.

34. The combination of a frame, a type supply member provided with waysadapted to carry rows of type, said member being movably mounted in saidframe so as to bring any desired way into alinement with a relativelyfixed discharge point, and a flat printing, member likewise providedwith ways adapted to carry rowsof pe, said. frame being formed withguides a apted tosupply member provided with ways adapted to carry rowsto carry.rows of type, said member being movably mounted in said frameso as to bring any desired way into alinement with a relatively fixeddischarge point, a flat print ing member likewise provided with waysadapted'to carry rows of type, said frame being formed with guidesadapted to removably support said printing member in a 'plane with suchdischarge point, and means adapted to intermittently advance saidprinting member to aline successive ways thereon with such point. Y

36. The combination" of a frame, a type supply member provided withways/adapted of type, said member being movably mounted im said frame soas to bring any desired way into-,alinement with a relatively fixeddischarge point, a flat printing. member? likewise provided with waysadapted to' carry rows of type, said including frame being formed withguides adap'ted to removably support said printing member in a planewith such means adapted to intermittentlyh advance said printing memberto aline successive ways thereon with such point, such means a rackonsaid member, a pinion meshing therewith, pawl and ratchet mechanism forrotating said pinion, and a lever adapted to actuate said mechanism.

7. The combination of a frame, a type supply member provide with waysadapted discharge point, and

to carry rows of type, said member being movably mounted in said frameso as to bring any desired Way into alinement with a relatively fixeddischarge point, a fiat printing member likewise provided with Waysadapted to carry rows of type, said frame being formed with guidesadapted to removably support said printing member in a plane with suchdischarge point, means adapted to intermittently advance said printingmember to aline successive ways thereon with such point, and meansadapted to lock said member against movement.

38. The combination of a frame, a type supply member provided with waysadapted to carry rows of type, said member being movably mounted in saidframe so as to bring any desired way into alinement with a relativelyfixed discharge point, a' flat printing member likewise provided withwayg adapted to carry rows of type, said frame being formed with guidesadapted to removably support said printing member in a plane with suchdischarge point, means adapted to intermittently advance said printingmember to aline successive ways thereon with such point, and meansadapted WVILLIAM A. TWINING.

Attested by? E. B. one, J N0. F. OBERLIN.

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